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[Max Holliday (swift_kick)]

Okay, i've been playing fotobag for about.. oh... 5 months? i can hit the footbag over 500 times, using both feet, and outside sets. ( lost count around then ). I can do a toe stall on both feet, along with an inside stall. I can also throw in a head stall easily. Im the lead footbager in the circles... but i want to do more. I can't really land any tricks! As for my clipper, i can do it, but it comes out weird. As in, i set up good, hit the footbag and it either hits my support leg, or goes off to the right. ( i can only do a clipper with my left as my support and my right as the hitting foot. ). As for the around the world... im not fast enough with my foot! i just can't get it aroud. I have the "tricks of the trade" video, and have watched countless others, but still can't do it! would anyone be whilling to walk my through the steps to a clipper or around the world?

p.s. i've searched and read all the topics i could and still can not pull these off...

Thanks!

[Mathieu Soucy (MatS21)]

Hi, I'm still new too but I'm really good at Around the World, to help you with that move I would say, you don't need to move that fast, it's about timing to get it. Maybe your circling it the wrong way, I mean, you need to circle with your knee not get your foot over the bag and gettting it down, I don't know if you got what I mean? Hard to explain in a text. If you really can't do it right, maybe you should found some better footbagger in your area ( use the clubs sections on this site ) and they will show you what's wrong with your move, that's not really hard, I shown some of my friends that have never played footbag to do it in less than 5 minutes they were able to do it. And for the clipper, it is probably one of the following : you may be positioned wrong, so you don't have control, my problem was that I was doing it with my shoulder almost on the other side, an important thing to remember is to put your shoulder that is on the side you hit it, over you foot and the bag, this way you will stabilize your body and be able to have a better control. If that ain't your problem maybe it's about the angle of your feet, but even that may be cause you have a wrong position.

[Max Holliday (swift_kick)]

thanks, ill go out and try that right now. As for the clubs, there aren't any in my area as of yet... but im trying to teach some of my friends to play.

With the ATH, what you're saying is to set it up really close to you? that way you circle the bag with you knee instead with your foot? i've never heard of that before...

[Janis Lesinskis (janis)]

with around the world lift your knee till there is a 90 degree angle and dex with your whole leg, try to get the motion as solid as possible. Also it might help to do the bottle drill, put a bottle on the ground and cirlce your leg around it, practice getting faster without knocking the bottle over. Placement is crucial and try not to make too big a circle. Hope this helps

[Max Holliday (swift_kick)]

Thanks guys! tried that... still haveing trouble. I did the clipper really well though, that shoulder lean helped.

[Jeremy OWheel (owheelj)]

If you're too slow for atw it sounds like maybe it's a technique problem rather than physically having the ability. I think most likely you're setting the bag too far infront of you and maybe too high - leading to you needing a really big movement to go around the bag. With all footbag tricks the tighter you can go around the bag the easier the move will be (in terms of effort). For atw when I set the bag it's actually closer to my body than my knee - my knee is in front of the bag. Choose which direction you want to try to go around. Lets say you go out to in (counter-clockwise with your right foot). As you set the bag (and the set should go straight up) bring your knee slightly to right. This way you should be setting the bag so that it is between your legs (although much closer to the right foot). Aim to set it so that when your leg is at it's highest position the footbag is at around calf height. Some people prefer a little higher so you can experiment as what's best for you. Then lead with the ankle and try to go around the bag and then under it to the toe stall. I find it also really helps if you keep your foot in the position for a toe stall from start to finish (some people say you should point your toes but I disagree as keeping them hooked leads to much better control).

Finally practice. All footbag moves require you to try things a lot and if you do keep working on what you're doing you'll eventually find that you can easily hit atws. Oh one more thing - both sides!! I cannot stress how crucial this is - especially with the basic building block moves. You're bad side might be really bad (or you might be lucky at it will be good) but you just need to keep working on it until both sides are relatively equal.

Good luck and keep us posted as to how you go

Jeremy

[Mathieu Soucy (MatS21)]